OT Systems Engineer, Physical Infrastructure - Memphis

The role

You will design, deploy and support operational technology (OT) and controls environments for plant and launch systems at multiple sites. You will also maintain industrial software platforms and HMIs, and balance legacy support with modernization work.

What you will do

• Design, deploy and augment next-generation OT environments for plant and launch systems across multiple sites
• Install, configure, maintain and support industry standard controls software and internally developed HMIs
• Integrate IT technologies to simplify management, improve security and create scalable plant environments
• Deploy and maintain development, test and staging environments for controlled change
• Provide direct support during launch, test and production campaigns
• Perform system upgrades and maintenance between critical operations, including evenings and weekends as needed
• Proactively monitor services and respond rapidly to incidents
• Use automation tools and contribute to infrastructure-as-code and DevOps initiatives for ICS environments
• Write and maintain standards, architectures, best practices and documentation
• Ensure OT systems comply with industry and cybersecurity standards such as Purdue Model and IEC 62443

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in OT systems engineering or industrial control systems administration
• Experience designing, deploying, supporting and troubleshooting OT environments in high-reliability settings
• Willingness to participate in an after-hours on-call rotation and work extended hours or weekends
• Willingness to travel up to 20%, including flying to other sites worldwide, and potential time at sea supporting marine systems
• Ability to lift 30 lbs
• Ability to work at heights
• Ability to drive, with an active valid driver's license

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with multiple industry standard controls software platforms and tools
• Experience supporting real-time systems or OT environments in aerospace, defense, energy or similar high-reliability industries
• Experience designing architectures with hyperconverged, rugged industrial edge and distributed compute technologies
• Working knowledge of industrial protocols, controls networks and OT cybersecurity best practices
• Proficiency in Bash, PowerShell or Python and automation frameworks such as Puppet, Terraform or Ansible
• Experience with configuration management, provisioning, infrastructure as code and DevOps tools
• Familiarity with Active Directory and multi-platform authentication in OT contexts
• System administration of Windows and Linux servers, with rudimentary database administration and storage/backup experience
• Network administration experience and understanding of the OSI model, including Layers 1/2/3 on industrial networks
• Excellent communication skills with internal and external customers, vendors and management

Before you apply

• Must be willing to travel up to 20%, including worldwide
• Must be able to lift 30 lbs and work at heights
• Must hold an active valid driver's license

About the company

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. The team builds Colossus supercomputers, Grok models and a suite of applications including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice and X.